A comparison of rapid village survey and leprosy elimination campaign, detection methods in two districts of East Java, Indonesia, 1997/1998 and 1999/2000

Leprosy Review

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 366-375

  Schreuder, Pieter A M ^c   Liben, Diana S ^a   Wahjuni, Sri ^c   Van Den Broek, Jacques ^b   De Soldenhoff, Richard ^c  

^a East Java Leprosy Control Project   (Indonesia)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c SCLS 115 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036956198     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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